Police believe that an insecticide poisoned a mother and five children, causing the death of the youngest. It’s believed family members visited their native Pakistan and brought back phosphine tablets to their home in the Fort McMurray in the western… »
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Black History Month Montreal
Throughout February, a Montreal radio program from the public broadcaster, CBC will bring you feature interviews with some of the 2015 Montreal Black History Month laureates — members of the black community who have had a major impact on Quebec society through their… »
Crowd funding can be good and bad, say experts
A crowd-funding campaign has so far raised over $173,000 for the family of a Toronto three-year old who wandered away from his grandmother’s apartment and was found frozen on February 19th. The mother of Elijah Marsh thanked everyone who had… »
Immigration & Refugees, International, Politics, Society
City of Montreal to protest Saudi flogging
The mayor of the city of Montreal will ask his council to pass a motion condemning the flogging of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi and asking that he be sent to the Canadian province of Quebec. Badawi’s wife and three children… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Baseball as a cure for the winter blues
T.S. Eliot be damned. April is most decidedly NOT the cruellest month. For Canadians, that distinction belongs–now and forever–to February, a month that apparently lasts forever. Meanwhile, back in Canada, shovels–not shorts–are the norm. © CP Photo/Andrew Vaughan It must have… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Beluga whale dies, reignites controversy
A beluga whale owned by a Canadian aquarium has died at Orlando Sea World in the U.S. and reignited debate over whether whales should be bred in captivity. Nanuq was estimated to be 31 or 32 and had been moved… »
Trial of Canadian journalist is delayed in Cairo
Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy has suffered another setback in a Cairo courtroom. His retrial on what most international observers say are trumped up terror-related charges has been postponed to March 8. The decision came Monday after a brief hearing for… »
Prince Edward Island swears in new premier
Prince Edward Island has a new leader. Wade MacLauchlan was set to be sworn in Monday as the province’s 32nd premier. Mr. MacLauchlan, a lawyer and academic, succeeded Robert Ghiz as the provincial Liberal Party leader at a convention on… »
Environment & Animal Life, International, Politics, Society
Countries agree to act to protect marine life
In a first step but what’s considered to be a major step, countries have decided to develop a legally-binding agreement to conserve marine life on the high seas. At the end of January countries met at United Nations headquarters in… »
Poetry- two very different Canadian styles- GE Clarke, Al Purdy
On this edition, poetry, a form of expression that can evoke all kinds of emotions from longing, to sadness, to love of course, joy, and philosophical thought. Today a little later an interesting take on a poem by one of… »
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